• Rok vydání 1777

Philadelphia in 1777 is a city at war. Here ruthless Captain Kit Vane and beautiful Martha Crowl, passionate patriot…

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1934, London. Into the decaying cul-de-sac of Bleeding Heart Square steps aristocratic Lydia Langstone fleeing an abusive…

• Rok vydání 1818

In 1818, when Stendhal was in his mid-thirties, he met and fell passionately in love with the beautiful Mathilde Dembowski.…

From internationally bestselling author Benedict Wells, a sweeping novel of love and loss, and of the lives we never get to…

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Autor : Steven Pinker, Popis : Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily…

"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe"Not just a…

This new edition brings together a dozen chilling tales from the unrivaled master of the fantastic and the macabre.…

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• Rok vydání 2022

\nFrom the award-winning author of Flygirl comes this powerful WWII romance between two Japanese teens caught in the cogs of…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nFrom the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits comes a spectacularly creepy follow-up to…

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• Rok vydání 2013

The slaying of an old couple in small town America looks like one-off act of brutal retribution. But at the same time, in…

Offers insight into one of the turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This book is written during the Peloponnesian…

Twenty year old Jenny Bunn is supernally beautiful and stubbornly chaste, which is why Patrick Standish, an arrogant…

• Thriller

Ex-jockey Freddie Croft now runs a fleet of vehicles which transport racehorses across the British Isles and Europe. But…

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• Rok vydání 2014

Steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding has just ridden another winner for his patron - the Princess - when his twin sister Holly…

From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan…

• Rok vydání 1943

Offers an account of author's time in the army during World War Two that begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy…

• Počet stran 304

Kniha - autor C. S. Pacat, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná…

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• Rok vydání 2025

FULLY UPDATED EDITION WITH TWO NEW CHAPTERS From the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics Why would a man in Morocco…

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• Rok vydání 2019

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held…

In The Sundial Shirley Jackson, author of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, blends family politics and apocalyptic terror…

• Rok vydání 1735

1735 - London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword from the age he was able to hold one. When his family's house…

Collecting the most incisive and influential writings of one of Rome's finest orators, Cicero's "Selected Works" is…

Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on…

From Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, "The Idea of Justice" is a refreshing alternative approach to mainstream…

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This is a haunting, elegiac novel which captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last…

This play is centred around the eccentric household of Captain Shotover where, at a house-party, the main topic of debate is…

A compendium of travel writing from a master traveller. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, it…

• Thriller

Faith Severn's life has long been overshadowed by the scandal of her aunt's execution for murder. For nearly 25 years she…

Larger-than-life character Tiny Cooper, from the bestselling novel Will Grayson, Will Grayson, finally tells his own story…

Militant students stormed the American embassy and held sixty Americans captive for a gruelling 444 days. But until now the…

• Rok vydání 1876

Reproduces the original illustrations by Henry Holiday of the author's epic which appeared in 1876. This book also contains…

How did photography bring about social reform? What connects refrigeration to Hollywood? And how did our battle against dirt…

'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a…

• Rok vydání 1859

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil…